When Dewhurst Goes Back to Senate

How Cruz and Campbell's run-off wins rewrite the Legislature

"...nomination last night, there's been surprisingly little mention of how much the Texas House and Senate were shaken up..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel

Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion

"...and highways of Southeastern Missouri where he was born, If or When I Call titles the debut novel from..."

April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White

How and Why the City and County Chose to Cancel SXSW

Striking precarious, if unachievable, balance between protecting public health and avoiding economic calamity

"..."When the decision was made on Friday to cancel, we..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Here's How Austin's Last-Minute City Budget Battles Played Out

How advocates' calls for action were and weren't answered

"...more than the $7.8 million in newly discovered revenue identified by staff that Council could use to fund priorities..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Sensual Kitchen: Julie Cohen Explores How Julia Child Changed Cuisine

RBG documentarian celebrates the chef in Julia

"...situation was terrible. Delve into any 1950s cookbook, and if the shortening doesn't get you then the margarine will...."

Nov. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...In recent years, urbanist thought has shifted against single-family housing. One document referenced often by Austin..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Hi, How Are You Day: Wayne Coyne

Flaming Lips’ singer talks Daniel Johnston ahead of Tuesday megashow

"...Spill, Yo La Tengo, Bob Mould, etc. play Hi, How Are You Day, Tuesday at the Moody Theater. Coyne..."

Jan. 21, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.

"...and away we go. Where is anybody’s guess, even if you’re familiar with the short story by Neil Gaiman..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playback: No Really, How Are You?

Daniel Johnston provides backstory to Hi, How Are You? Day, plus the first 2017/18 Austin Music Awards talent reveal

"...the Bible, but it's not really the frog's name," clarified Daniel Johnston about the happy, tentacle-eyed amphibian famous from..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

How Negin Farsad Sees the World … and How You Should See It Too

Social justice comedian on her new book How To Make White People Laugh

"...Social justice comedian Negin Farsad’s book, How To Make White People Laugh, will not only have..."

June 20, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

How Not to Be an Artist

Advice on how to be an artist

"...a musician than an artist. I had no idea how to create art installations – especially ones with lasers...."

March 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Adam Sultan

When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...If you bought an iPhone 4, you did so knowing..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How She Move

She move something fierce in this low-budget Canadian crowd-pleaser about stepping.

"...Minus any telltale punctuation, one may not initially know how to read the title – is it a question?..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

When a Stranger Calls

Simon West’s do-over of Fred Walton’s 1979 creepfest – in which babysitter Belle menaced by a stranger with a phone who probably isn’t that guy from Verizon – is a hollow, shallow, and just plain boring exercise in snooziness.

"...on American horror as a viable genre years ago if it weren’t for the increasingly rare masterpiece, such as..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: How Music Got Free

Does what it says on the tin, to a point

"...journalist Stephen Witt’s 2015 book of the same name, How Music Got Free director Alexandria Stapleton enlists executives and..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

How the Universe Sent Paul Newman to Ethan Hawke

The director discusses his HBO Max series and recent AFS screenings

"...Hawke wasn't expecting to spend several years of his life working on a biographical docuseries about Paul Newman and..."

March 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Culture Wars on Food: How Political Identity is Shaping the Way We Eat

Snaxboi royalty and a cookie king wax philosophic on nommin’ culture

"...doyenne of Snaxshot fame, sat down to talk about how political identity is shaping the way we eat...."

March 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin at Large: If We Make It ’Til November

How noisy, chaotic, incoherent, and unpleasant can this election cycle get?

"...even to me. Not that next month's contests have shifted that much – Democratic odds from Biden on down..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

How Pepe Was Martyred by the Right

Austin-linked SXSW doc Feels Good Man liberates the frog

"...When you hear "Pepe the Frog" your first thought is..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Beautiful and heartfelt fantasy anime tackles death and family

"...magic, politics, tragedy, and hope into something profound and beautiful...."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Do You Pet a CryptoKitty?

ConsenSys Capital co-founder Andrew Keys on how Ethereum could be a game changer

"...Ethereum to the equivalent of the HTTPs or WWW when you're logging into a website. It's not a specific..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

How Little, So Big

Composer Nico Muhly's How Little You Are evokes the vastness of the West with a choir and 12 guitars

"...on all sides, the vast vault of heaven above? If so, then the title of Nico Muhly's new musical..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How to Write a Book

If you think you have a book in you, it's important to find out if you really do

"...matters. (That is also the faith of a democracy; when that faith is lost, so is the democracy.) Even..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

If You Wear it, They Will Run

Wearable tech is shaping the way people run the Austin Marathon

"...When Sujata Neidig gets ready for this weekend's Austin Marathon,..."

Feb. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hungry Todd Rungy Knows How to Look Good While Eating Anything

Austin's favorite flag-wearing super-patriot shows you how it's done

"...in the Kickstarter-refurbished Airstream trailers with a couple of thrift-store hot plates squatting on the interior Formica, and in..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Hall Hustle: How Many Bonds to a Season?

Rumblings at the council that not everyone's on board for November bond election

"...billions for millions, City Council is pondering similar arithmetic: specifically, whether by committing to a ­targeted transportation bond package..."

May 14, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

This comedy starring Simon Pegg is based on Toby Young's memoir about working at Vanity Fair.

"...Jeff Bridges, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson and Megan Fox. When it was published in 2001, How to Lose Friends..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Looking More Closely When Others Look Away

On directors examining structure, storytelling, and how pictures can move us

"...meet to land your film in SXSW's Emerging Visions showcase. First of all, you have to be what SXSW..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...of his dark tale of cinema mayhem), I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is a film-noir outing that snuffs out..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fortune and Glory: How The Spiel Celebrates Steven Spielberg

Eric Vespe discusses new podcast, life after Scott Wampler

"...If anyone was going to launch a podcast about Steven..."

July 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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